Actress Quote by Diana Rigg

Having grown up in the theater family, having done a huge amount of acting from a very little boy to precocious teenager in Shakespeare…

— John Lithgow

I was a very confident child. I knew I wanted to be an actress from the age of 5.

— Claire Danes

I did theater at Spelman until I graduated from there, and I got to work with such luminous actresses as Diana Sands in 'Macbeth.'

— LaTanya Richardson

I belonged to Stratford Children's Theater when I was a boy growing up in Manchester. Even then, I was always doing character parts.

— John Mahoney

I became an actor by doing school plays and youth theaters, and then National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. And then I did study…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

Growing up as a child actress, I was tutored on movie and TV sets.

— Kyle Richards

I joined the Royal Shakespeare Co. with no experience whatsoever - I'd never been to a drama school or anything. But I was strong…

— Roger Rees

I got involved in the Surrey Country youth theatre which led me to go to drama school where I realised that this was going…

— Michael Ball

I had grown up in a toy shop in Blackpool and then moved to London to do an acting course.

— David Thewlis

I was a really good student. I was nerdy and ambitious. I was involved with every large theater production at my school.

— Sara Canning

I wanted to be an actress from when I was very young.

— Sonoya Mizuno

I was your typical struggling actress. I went to every audition, took a million acting, dancing and singing lessons and spent years wondering where…

— Cassandra Peterson